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We use 2007 at my bank (BB)
2003, stick to what you know i suppose.
Holla... had the choice to upgrade to 07 and said no thanks... not nearly as user friendly
We also use 2007
most places i know of are using 2007. I have 2010 in my laptop and it's pretty much the same thing as 2007. I loved the 2003 version, so I installed the boost feature (from Wall Street Prep) which basically embeds the 2003 menu into 2007. It's awesome - and free.
algo shops will be using 2010, vba has some pretty significant changes to it.
Most places still use 2007 mainly because most of the third-party software hasn't been upgraded to work with 2010.
i am going to cry if the spot im starting at is using 2003
Shortcuts in 2007 blow, but its a lot faster than 2003. I still prefer 2003.
Thanks for letting me know guys. I was asking this in the context of starting as a banking analyst.
Boutique IB - 2010
Switched from 2003 to 2007 recently, although a lot of my colleagues were on 2007 for a while. I still prefer 2003. What's 2010 like?
Large foreign bank: Excel 2003 but the rumor is that my bank is jumping to 2010.
BB IBD. 2007. I wonder when we're going to switch to 2010... Maybe when Office 15 hits the shelves?
2003 but making the switch to 2010 soon. Its going to be a rough few weeks getting used to it.
in the process of switching from 03-07 from what i heard. hopefully 07 soon.
Work at a large European BB bank that uses 2007. Last time I used 2003 was at my boutique internship last summer, and it was agonising. Functionality is so poor, felt like bashing my head against a wall every time I used it.
Used 2003, then 2007, then 2010, now back to 2003.
2010 is the same as 2007 in most ways but fixes bugs. By bugs, I mean weird shit like easy division calcs that just give you the wrong number for no reason. After getting used to 2010, it is really great and I could build some nice things.
One of the most notable differences for me was saying goodbye to if(iserror()=true BS in 2007+.
Why did you pull a Benjamin Button? 2007 isn't that bad.
2007 sucks compared to 2003... if you can combine the user friendliness and compatibility with the speed of 2010, then that's the winner. 2007 wasn't designed for professional users to do modeling with... it's designed for people who are unfamiliar with Excel's layout as it has been since inception and was an attempt to group things by categories, but the shortcuts suck and it's layout is not ideal for what finance professionals do.
aren't most shortcuts in 2003 still compatible with 2007? that made the transition really smooth for me. I still do alt o e not that ctrl 1 shit,
That illustrates a perfect point... alt + o + e takes two hands, whereas ctrl + 1 only takes one
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